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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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